This list of last month's best-selling local titles is based on figures from the Hawaii Book Publishers Association and Bookline Distributors and reflects sales by Hawaii-based publishers.
Children's
1. "Keiki Friends Dress-Up Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (1)
2. "Hawaiian Marine Life Color and Activity Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (2)
3. "Hawaiian Flowers Cut-Out Paper Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (3)
4. "Limu: The Blue Turtle," Kimo Armitage, Island Heritage (4)
5. "Limu the Blue Turtle and His Hawaiian Garden," Kimo Armitage, Island Heritage (5)
6. "Honu'ea and Honu: Red and Green Sea Turtles of Hawaii," Yuko Green, Island Heritage (9)
7. "Baby Honu's Incredible Journey," Tammy Yee, Island Heritage (7)
8. "Keiki Hula Sticker Paper Doll Book," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
9. "Baby Honu Saves The Day," Tammy Yee, Island Heritage (6)
10. "Golden Children of Hawaii Cut-Out Dolls," Yuko Green, Island Heritage
Gift and Travel
1. "From Fishponds to Warships," Alan Seiden, Mutual Publishing (1)
2. "Maui Revealed," Andrew Doughty and Harriett Friedman, Wizard Publications (10)
3. "Ultimate Kauai Guidebook," Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman, Wizard Publications (3)
4. "Hawaii: Big Island Revealed," Andrew Doughty and Harriet Friedman, Wizard Publications (2)
5. "A Little Book of Aloha," Renata Provenzano, Mutual Publishing (4)
6. "101 Great Tropical Drinks," Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi, Island Heritage (7)
7. "Oahu as Seen from the Skies," Douglas Peebles, Mutual Publishing (5)
8. "Maui: Images of Hawaii's Valley Island," Douglas Peebles, Mutual (6)
9. "Hawaii's Best Local Dishes," Jean Watanabe Hee, Mutual Publishing (8)
10. "Reflections of Kauai," Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi, Island Heritage
Hawaiiana
1. "He Mele Aloha," Carol Wilcox, Kimo Hussey, Vicky Hollinger and Puakea Nogelmeier, Oli 'Oli Productions (2)
2. "Let's Learn Little Hawaiian," Ray Helbig, Hawaiian Service (1)
3. "Eddie Would Go," Stuart Coleman, Bess Press (5)
4. "Growing Native Hawaiian Plants," Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst, Bess Press
5. "Tropical Trees of Hawaii," Paul Wood, Island Heritage (3)
6. "Flowers and Plants of Hawaii," Paul Wood, Island Heritage (4)
7. "Hawaiian Journey," Joseph Mullins, Mutual Publishing (10)
8. "Shoal of Time," Gavan Daws, UH Press
9. "All About Hawaiian," Albert J. Schutz, UH Press
10. "Plants of Hawaii," Fortunato Teho, Bess Press
Literature
1. "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen," Lydia Liliuokalani, Mutual Publishing (3)
2. "Myths and Legends of Hawaii," W. D. Westervelt, Mutual Publishing (2)
3. "Potiki," Patricia Grace, University of Hawaii Press
4. "Mark Twain in Hawaii," A. Grove Day, Mutual (6)
5. "Elvis in Hawaii," Jerry Hopkins, Bess Press
6. "Da Jesus Book," Pidgin Bible Translation Group, Anoai Press (5)
7. "All I Asking for is My Body," Milton Murayama, University of Hawaii Press
8. "Tattoo," Chris McKinney, Mutual Publishing
9. "Bolohead Row," Chris McKinney, Mutual Publishing
10. "Pearl Harbor: The Way it Was," Scott Stone, Island Heritage (1)
Reference
1. "Da Kine Dictionary," Lee Tonouchi, Bess Press
2. "Guide to Hawaiian Style Money Folds," Jodi Fukumoto, Island Heritage (1)
3. "How to Play the Hawaiian Ukulele," UH Lab School, Mutual Publishing
4. "Things Hawaiian: Guide To Hawaiian Language," Albert Schutz, Island Heritage (2)
5. "Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary," Kahikahealani Wight, Bess Press (10)
6. "Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Birds," H. Douglas Pratt and Douglas Peebles, Mutual Publishing (5)
7. "New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary," Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert with Esther T. Mookini and Yu Mapuanqa Nishizawa, UH Press
8. "Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Flowers," Leland Miyano and Douglas Peebles, Mutual Publishing (6)
9. "Pocket Guide to Hawaii's Underwater Paradise," John Hoover, Mutual
10. "Guide to Hawaiian-Style Origami," Jodi Fukumoto, Island Heritage (9)